Automator Watermark PDF Workflow

Hello VikingOSX

As far as I can tell, I had to adjust the values of scale, xOffset and yOffset to let the watermark image (word "Draft") be overlaid correctly on the base pdf. I got these values by trial and error using preview pane of the Automator action (Watermark PDF Documents.action). By the way, the angle parameter is not in radian but degree.

My test watermark.png is generated from Pages 4 document using huge 144 point font, which surely reflects in the specific parameter values I have posted. So I think you may try other scales and offsets or simply try a colour-filled page for watermark, for scale and offsets shouldn't matter much for a whole page to be overlaid somehow.

Good luck,

H

EDIT: fixed typo

Tony,

I've tried pasting in Hiroto's solution into the terminal but it doesn't seem to make a difference. I still get the same error every time I try to run the watermark tool. Is there a way you could walk a noob through the last step or two?

Thanks!

KH

Used Hiroto's updated Python script. Used the Waternark.png that you posted. Used your corrected command-line settings. There is no watermark produced, and the len(args) returns 1.

I tried Hiroto's small shell script with its args unchanged except for my input and output filenames. Like above, it runs ok, and there is no watermark on the output PDF.

Can I say frustrated?

Ok. After additional fiddling with the args, I now have watermarks using your Watermark.png and my Draft.png. Since my image is 50% transparency text on a transparent background, it does not act as a screen (dimming the underlying page of text) when placed above. I still could not arrive at any setting that would place either image behind the text, but I can live with that.

It works! here is how i did it.

I created a tool_2.py just to don't mess my native watermark with the code that you guys shared.

Then fixed some indentation erros, since python doesn't like miss indentations and was giving errors. here is my file:

http://pastebin.com/hNf8MaLT

Copy this file to your folder at /System/Library/Automator/Watermark\ PDF\ Documents.action/Contents/Resources

Now the watermark workflow so it acts as a print service and show in every document you print:

The file is here but you will need to create your own since it uses my local folders, its attached so you can open and copy things up

Basically it have this shell script:

for f in "$@"

do

/System/Library/Automator/Watermark\ PDF\ Documents.action/Contents/Resources/tool_2.py --input "$f" --output /Users/tiagorodrigues/Downloads/print.pdf --v --over --xOffset 0.0 --yOffset 0.0 --angle 0 --scale 0.24 --opacity 1 /Users/tiagorodrigues/Library/Mobile\ Documents/com\~apple\~CloudDocs/Deepend/Watermark/Smuky\ Papel\ de\ Carta\ V6.png

done

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/56ee5d0xqldjnyb/AAAsYUye18XVTGHiF_pM1LzDa?dl=0

Create a new automation for you with the correct folders and the desired watermark file and fix the scale value if you need to make it the correct size.

Hope you can do it this way.

True, thanks for the warning. I will make a backup of it but hope apple get a oficial fix soon.

In my case, I want to get rid of the original file and replace it with a watermarked file with the same filename. This can be done with the following AppleScript. You don't need to "Dispense Items Incrementally" with this. Note I am moving the original file to an arbitrary folder called trashFolder.

Hi!

Thanks to Tony T1 & Hiroto first - great work guys!

I'm used this with previous OSX versions and now under 10.10 it's broken. So I managed to read through these topics here. What I've done so far:

Created a new folder on my desktop which should contain the neccessary files. I downloaded the tool.py from this topic - chmod'ed it and it works within command line:

./tool.py -h

['./tool.py', '-h']

Usage: watermark --input <file> --output <file> <watermark files>...

Using the tool.py manually works great as well:

./tool.py --under --xOffset 30 --yOffset 60 --angle 0 --scale 0.24 --opacity 1 --input test.pdf --output output.PDF vorlage.png

['./tool.py', '--under', '--xOffset', '30', '--yOffset', '60', '--angle', '0', '--scale', '0.24', '--opacity', '1', '--input', 'test.pdf', '--output', 'output.PDF', 'vorlage.png']

--under

watermark under PDF

--xOffset 30

--yOffset 60

--angle 0

--scale 0.24

--opacity 1

--input test.pdf

--output output.PDF

Here it is: http://pastebin.com/WyUPdh7x

Now I created an automator action based on Tony T1's - "Ask for finder objects" - "filter finder objects" - "execute shell sctipt" - it's all in german for me.

Unfortunately I get the error on line 8. I already removed every space after the "\" and I already tried to put everything into one line - no success at all.

Any idea about this?

Line 8 is the input one. I already replaced that one completely with one from another quote here... no success so far.

Ideas? Thanks a lot!